SCRUB

noun a worn-out brush.

2. scrub ·noun something small and mean.

3. scrub ·adj mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

4. scrub ·noun one who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

5. scrub ·add. ·noun a low, straggling tree of inferior quality.

6. scrub ·noun a thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, ·etc.

7. scrub ·noun one of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, ·esp. when inferior in size, ·etc.

8. scrub ·add. ·noun vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. ·see brush, above.

9. scrub ·vi to rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

10. scrub ·vt to rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.